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A single leg out of the capital — down the M-2 to Lahore, up the Hazara Motorway to Abbottabad, or west to Peshawar. You are dropped at the door you name, not at a bus terminal on the outskirts.
Islamabad to anywhere
Intercity Travel in Islamabad & Rawalpindi
Intercity travel means hiring a private car and driver for a journey out of Islamabad — to Lahore, Murree, Naran, Swat, Skardu or anywhere else — at one agreed fare. You leave from your own door at a time you choose, keep the vehicle to yourself, and stop when you want to.
Lahore · M-2Murree · GaliyatNaran · SwatHunza · Skardu
- Destinations
- 68 route pages, outbound and return
- Trip types
- One-way, return, or multi-day
- Departure
- Your address, your chosen hour
- Fare
- Single all-in figure, quoted per route
Who books this
Who intercity travel is for
Suited to anyone for whom the bus is the wrong answer: a family with luggage heading to Lahore for a wedding, a consultant with meetings in Peshawar and no wish to drive the GT Road, and tourists pushing north to Gilgit-Baltistan where public transport thins out fast.
What it takes off your plate
- Bus timetables that dictate when your day starts and ends
- Changing vehicles mid-journey with luggage and children in tow
- Motorway drivers unfamiliar with mountain sections beyond Mansehra
- Open-ended fares that grow with every unplanned stop along the way
Why it holds up
The parts that matter on the day
The road decides the driver
A motorway run to Faisalabad and a climb to Fairy Meadows need different men behind the wheel. We match the driver to the terrain rather than sending whoever happens to be free.
Stops are yours to call
Tea at Chattar, a photo at the Babusar top, a detour into Balakot — a private car means the itinerary bends to you. None of that reopens the fare.
One vehicle, the whole way
No transfers, no waiting at a depot in Mansehra for onward transport. The car that collects you in F-8 is the car that reaches Gilgit.
Sixty-eight routes already priced
Each corridor we serve has a dedicated page covering the en-route towns and the vehicle we recommend for it, so you can read the journey before you commit to it.
What it covers
Inside intercity travel
Each part below is booked through the same conversation — you do not need a separate arrangement for any of them.
Return journeys with a wait
The car and driver stay with you for a day or several, then bring you home. This is what most people want for a wedding in Sialkot or a two-day trip to Muzaffarabad.
Mountain and northern routes
Karakoram Highway work to Gilgit, Hunza and Skardu, plus the Kaghan and Swat valleys. These go out with drivers who have actually driven Babusar and the Skardu road, not just the motorway.
Return legs back to Islamabad
Journeys that start elsewhere and end here — someone flying into Lahore and continuing north, or a family coming back down from Naran at the end of a holiday. Each has its own page and its own fare.
Step by step
Booking intercity travel
Name the destination and date
Tell us where you are going, when you want to leave and whether you are coming back. Passenger and luggage numbers help us pick the vehicle.
Confirm route and vehicle
We come back with the recommended car for that road and a single fare covering fuel, tolls and the driver for the whole trip.
Driver briefed on the road
A driver who knows that particular route is assigned, and his details reach you before departure day along with the pickup time.
Travel at your own pace
Leave from your address, break where you like, and arrive without changing vehicles. The fare agreed at booking is the fare at the end.
The vehicles
Cars we use for intercity travel
Motorway destinations are comfortable in a Corolla. Anything climbing — Naran, Swat, Kashmir — is better in the Prado, and the long Gilgit-Baltistan hauls belong in the Land Cruiser V8. The Hiace exists for groups who want to stay in one vehicle across a thousand kilometres.
In pictures
Intercity Travel in practice
Real vehicles, routes and situations from the work this service actually covers.
Coverage & reach
Sixty-eight corridors out of the capital, and back
Our route pages run from short hill-station hops like Bhurban to two-day expeditions up the Karakoram Highway, and each carries the real towns you pass through. Reverse legs into Islamabad are covered too, because roughly half the intercity requests we get start somewhere else.
Sectors, societies & Rawalpindi
Places served on this service: Lahore · Peshawar · Murree · Abbottabad · Naran · Swat · Gilgit · Skardu · Hunza · Muzaffarabad · Faisalabad · Multan · Sialkot · Jhelum.
Pricing & inclusions
What the intercity travel price covers
Included in the quote
- The vehicle and driver for the full journey, in both directions if booked as a return
- Fuel and every motorway or highway toll on the route
- Driver food and accommodation on multi-day trips
- Pickup from your own address rather than a terminal
- Reasonable roadside stops for meals, prayers and photographs
- A route-appropriate vehicle rather than whatever is nearest
Not included
- Your own meals, entry tickets and accommodation
- Destination changes that materially lengthen the route once underway
- Extra days added mid-trip, which are quoted when they come up
- Permits for restricted areas, which we can advise on but do not issue
How the figure is set
Each corridor is quoted on its own because a run to Jhelum and a run to Skardu share nothing but a starting point. Distance, road condition, the vehicle the terrain demands and whether the driver returns empty all feed the figure, which is why we confirm per route rather than posting a blanket rate.
Customer feedback
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Intercity Travel — your questions answered
Is a one-way fare half the price of a return?
Rarely, and it is worth understanding why. On a one-way trip the driver still has to bring the empty car back, so that leg sits inside the fare. Return bookings usually work out better value per kilometre than two separate one-ways.
How long does the drive to Skardu or Hunza actually take?
Longer than any timetable suggests, because the Karakoram Highway is affected by weather, landslides and roadworks in ways a schedule cannot predict. We will give you a realistic window when you enquire rather than a number that makes the trip sound easy.
Can we stop overnight partway on a long northern trip?
Yes, and on the Gilgit-Baltistan routes it is usually the sensible choice. Tell us where you would like to break the journey — Besham and Chilas are the common points — and the overnight is planned into the itinerary and the fare.
Do you drive to Lahore and Karachi, or only northern destinations?
Both directions. The motorway corridors to Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan and Sialkot are regular work, and the northern routes simply get more attention because they need specialist drivers. Karachi is possible but is normally a multi-day arrangement.
What happens if the road to my destination is closed?
Mountain roads do close, particularly Babusar in winter and stretches of the KKH after heavy rain. We tell you before you travel if a route is doubtful, and if it shuts en route the driver takes the recognised alternative and we discuss any real difference honestly.
Can I book a car that starts from another city and brings me to Islamabad?
Yes — that is exactly what the return-leg pages are for. Journeys beginning in Lahore, Peshawar, Naran, Skardu and a dozen other places are quoted the same way, with pickup from your address there rather than from a depot.
Is the driver’s food and lodging my responsibility on a multi-day trip?
No. On any multi-day booking the driver’s meals and accommodation are already inside the fare we quote. You cover your own costs and nothing else, so no one is asking you for money at a roadside hotel.
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Tell us the trip and a real person confirms a fixed price, usually within minutes.
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Intercity routes
- All intercity routesEvery corridor we price
- Islamabad to LahoreDown the M-2
- Islamabad to MurreeThe classic hill run
- Islamabad to NaranThrough the Kaghan valley
- Islamabad to SkarduThe long Baltistan haul
- Islamabad to HunzaUp the Karakoram Highway
- Islamabad to PeshawarWest on the M-1
- Lahore to IslamabadThe return leg